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TVELFTHS TO JOSEPH A. FLEET SAME PLACE.

EXERCISING AND EDWARD WILLIAMS, BOTH OF APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,285, dated January14, 1890.

Application filed September 16, 1889. Serial No. 324,045. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. SANBORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Exercising Apparatus, of which thefollowing' is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in exercising apparatus in which arepresentation of a human figure, constructed wholly or in part ofresilient or elastic material, is struck by the iist and bent away fromthe blow a distance depending on the .force thereof.

The object ot' my invention is to produce a more attractive exercisingapparatus of this class and to afford an exercise similar to that of anactual boxing contest. I accomplish this object by the mechanism ofwhich the accompanying drawings are an illustration.

Figure l shows a side view of the apparatus. A is a representation of ahuman figure constructed wholly or in part of resilient or elasticmaterial and firmly fastened to the base d. E represents a iiexiblestrap used to control the motion of the figure Af T represents a curvedrail running partially around the figure A, ysupported by standards, andat a point in the rear of the figure held in position b v a spring s,the spring s being wound round a rod fixed to the' rail and passingthrough the center of the block o, as shown in Fig. 2. The figure ashows one of the positions that maybe assumed by the figure A afterreceiving the blow. Vhen the figure is brought in contact with the railT, the rod passing through the spring s is forced downward through theblock 0', and by any simple mechanical device may be made to indicatethe force of the blow. Vhen the force of the blow is overcome, thefigure, through its own elasticity or resilience, tends to resume itsoriginal position, but by the momentum gained in so doing is carriedbeyond that position until checked by the regulating-strap E, assumingthe position shown in figure a. By lengthening or shortening the strap Ethe movements of the figure may be confined within any desired limit.The

arms of the ligure a., being themselves cony stru cted of resilient orelastic material, would,

in the positions a and a of the figure, assume the position shown insaid iigures; and when the motion of the figure is suddenly checked bythe regulating-strap E the arms will be thrown forward with considerablevelocity, forcing a person using the apparatus to retire quickly toavoid a smart blow. Positions a and a are chosen simply as convenientillustrations. The figure A, bending freely in any direction, may assumean indefinite number of positions, depending on the force and thedirection of the blow. The arms, through the motion of the figure andthe momentum acquired, are constantly changing their position.

The details of construction of the ligure are shown in Fig. 2, a frontview of the apparatus. o and o represent closely-wound spiral springslirmly xed at the base and to the body of the figure, which is of itselfmade of wood or other light material. g and g represent twoclosely-wound spiral springs bent in such a manner as to form elbows tothe forearms w and w', being fastened at one extremity to the shouldersof the figure and -having the other extremity free, the free extremitycarrying a boxing glove or pail. f represents a similar spring formingthe neck of the figure. b and b show the position of the figure B afterreceiving a side blow. All parts of the figure above the belt, as shownin Fig. l, are covered with a thick covering of padding or softmaterial, so that it may be safely struck with the bare st; but suchcovering may be omitted from part of the back of the figure.

Fig. 3 shows a horizontal view of the curved rail, the two small circlesindicating the position of the base of the figure.

I do not consider my invention limited to the arrangement of springsabove described;-

but

I claim as my invention, and I desire to secure by Letters Patent, in anexercising apparatusl. The combination of the base and a representationof a human ligure mounted thereon and constructed wholly or in part ofresilicnt or elastic material, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the base anda representation of a human liguremounted thereon having legs constructed Wholly or in part of resilientor elast-ic material, substantially asset forth.

3. The combination of the base and a representation of a human figuremounted thereon having arms constructed whollyor in part of resilient orelastic material, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination of the base and a representation of `a human figuremounted thereon having a neck constructed Wholly or in part of resilientor elastic material, substantially as set forth.

5; Thecomhination of the base and a repsubstantially as set forth.

GEORGE S. SANBORN.

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JOSEPH A. FLEET, BENJAMIN PHILLIPS.

